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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 160of 165

مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا ۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ﴿١٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof [to his credit], and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.

Word-by-word meaning

مَنmanWhoever
جَآءَjāacame
بِٱلْحَسَنَةِbil-ḥasanatiwith a good deed
فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
عَشْرُʿashru(is) ten (times)
أَمْثَالِهَا ۖamthālihāthe like of it
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
جَآءَjāacame
بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atiwith an evil deed
فَلَاfalāthen not
يُجْزَىٰٓyuj'zāhe will be recompensed
إِلَّاillāexcept
مِثْلَهَاmith'lahāthe like of it
وَهُمْwahumand they
لَاwill not
يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna(be) wronged

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Good Deed is Multiplied Tenfold, While the Sin is Recompensed with the SameThis Ayah explains the general Ayah;مَن جَآءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا(Whoever comes with good, then he will receive better than that.)28:84 There are several Hadiths that are in agreement with the apparent wording of this honorable Ayah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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